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Legal Updates by JD SupraJuly 27, 2011Real Estate - ResidentialWinning the Future - Losing the Past“Winning the Future!” By now, most of us have heard President Obama's new slogan for his 2012 re-election campaign. But for the mortgage industry and...moreby Jonathan Foxx Dodd-Frank is One! And We Still Don't Know What a Resi Mortgage is Going to Look LikeAh, baby is one. I remember when mine was -- complete with an over-the-top celebration for an infant who had no idea what was going on and would remember...moreby Dechert LLP FTC Issues Mortgage Acts and Practices - Advertising Final RuleOn Tuesday, July 19, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued the Mortgage Acts and Practices (“MAP”) – Advertising Final Rule (the “Final Rule”),...moreby Venable LLP Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Opens for Business: The Implications for Debt Relief Service Providers and Housing Counseling AgenciesToday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or the “Bureau”) opens for business. One year ago, Congress passed and President Obama signed the...moreby Venable LLP I've Been Sued! Understanding the Steps that Lead to a JudgmentI have mentioned before that lately I am seeing more people come in for a bankruptcy consultation that have been sued by one of their credit card companies....moreby John Skiba Michigan Recognizes Common Law Easement by Private DedicationIn Redmond v Van Buren County, No. 297349, the Court of Appeals reversed a lower court order dismissing the plaintiffs’ claim of an easement by prescription or...moreby Warner Norcross & Judd Relying on Walmart v. Dukes (US 2011), a Saginaw County circuit judge de-certifies a class of 2,500 in a dioxin contamination suit against Dow ChemicalThis week a Saginaw County circuit judge de-certified a class of property owners along the Tittabawassee floodplain whose properties have allegedly been...moreby Warner Norcross & Judd InfoBytes, July 22, 2011 - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry In This Issue: Federal Issues; State Issues; Firm News; Mortgages; Banking; and Consumer Finance. Excerpt from Consumer Finance: FTC Issues...moreby BuckleySandler LLP Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act (Interim Rule)On July 22, 2011, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) published in the Federal Register for public comment an Interim Final Rule implementing...moreby Jonathan Foxx How Losing Your Job Impacts Your Chapter 7 BankruptcyYesterday Fox News reported that there was an increase in unemployment in a majority of the states. In this article I want to discuss how losing your job...moreby John Skiba New Subdivision Map Act Extension BillInformation in this alert directly affects all owners of property with a current tentative or vesting tentative map or other entitlements with applicable...moreby Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP Governor Brown Signs Legislation Extending Tentative Subdivision MapsAs a result of efforts by the California Building Industry Association, Assemblyman Fuentes and others, Sacramento just delivered some good news for those with...moreby Luce Forward Four Good Reasons to Get a Land SurveyFor just about any real estate purchase, your real estate attorney's standard advice will be to "get a survey, get a survey, and get a survey!" This is not...moreby Warner Norcross & Judd Real Estate Alert - Summer 2011: Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure ActToday, July 21, 2011, registration and enforcement jurisdiction over the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act ("ILSA") moves from the Office of Interstate...moreby Nexsen Pruet, PLLC Congress To Investigate Allegations of Continued Robosigning by Big Banks - Not Good News for Florida EconomyTuesday's news of a Reuters expose that robosigning (and other forms of faulty and flawed foreclosure procedures) is still happening not only went viral among...moreby Rosa Eckstein Schechter As Pennsylvania's Real Property Tax Appeal Deadlines Approach, New Software Installation Delays the Commonwealth's Issuance of the Common Level RatiosBy July 1 of every year, the Pennsylvania State Tax Equalization Board is to publish the latest Common Level Ratio figures for each of Pennsylvania's 67...moreby Reed Smith Bankruptcy & Budgeting: Taking Advantage of Your Fresh StartIt is almost a cliché, but bankruptcy, particularly Chapter 7 bankruptcy, does give you a fresh start. You will emerge from your Chapter 7 bankruptcy case with...moreby John Skiba Ability-to-Repay: Regulating or Underwriting? Part IIEXCERPT: It seems to me that the imposition of an ability-to-repay requirement as a regulatory mandate is an admission that market forces cannot discipline...moreby Jonathan FoxxSee more Real Estate - Residential articles »